Browsing “Taobao”

“I got to try bak kut teh (pork rib soup) for the first time during my trip to Singapore, and when I took my first sip of that soup, wow—Michelin-worthy!”

“Outside of work, I do a lot of sports because I like to challenge myself. I also like drinking alcohol whenever I can—my go-to drink is beer, if not then wine.”

“Whenever people ask me if there's a quote I live by or what my life motto is, I always say, “I want to be sexy, free, and single.” That's all, that's my life motto!”

“I love dressing up for Halloween, though I haven’t decided what I’m going as this year. Maybe the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland or Marie from The Aristocats?”

”My dream project would be to design an aquarium. My favourite animal is the IKEA shark—just kidding! I think hammerheads are pretty cool.”

“Great Expectations by Charles Dickens was the book that made me fall in love with reading. It was the first time I realised that fiction can stem from reality, and that there’s beauty in the bittersweet.”

“I’m currently taking a gap year from my full-time marketing work to freelance and have a clean girl aesthetic moment, so I’ve been taking pilates classes, going to the gym, and going for therapy. Basically doing a lot of relaxing.”

“I’m currently pursuing a diploma in Arts Management, but if I had to pick something else to study, I’d probably be doing something related to game design as I really enjoy playing games like Valorant, although I’m not very good at coding and stuff.”

“There’s nothing in particular that sparked my interest in fashion. I just feel that if you dress well, you will naturally feel good! Some people think that I’m attention seeking, but I mean, why else would you have stopped me, right?”

“Right now, my design philosophy is to be myself—Van. Jokes aside, I would say I’m just doing whatever I like, experimenting with more controversial stuff.”

“I got my tattoos done at 18 when I thought it was cool to get tatted like everybody else—ultimate regret! I’m in the process of removing them all because I think I’ll look better with a clean slate in a wedding gown. I’m currently single but a girl can dream.”

“To me, the perfect way to relax is just spending whatever down time I have with my friends, having conversations, and not doing anything in particular. My friends are my chosen family, so it’s always nice to have them around.”